"Environment as an Opportunity for Businesses" Seminar

The project "Organisation of a seminar titled "Environment as an Opportunity for Businesses" was funded by the EU Delegation Grants.

The event served as an opportunity for entrepreneurs, innovators, and environmental and economic regulators to look forward to future challenges so as to improve environmental performance, while at the same time maximise the achievement of corporate goals and objectives, and achieve economic growth.

The seminar was held on the 22nd of July 2004. It highlighted ways of how environmental challenges can become an opportunity. It addressed the issues of eco-innovation, compliance with EU's environmental obligations and also outlined the challenges and opportunities that Maltese entrepreneurs are facing in the environmental sector.

The total cost of organising this seminar amounted to €6,393 Euros, out of which €3,129 were provided by the EU. The event was organised in collaboration with Malta Enterprise.

Within MEPA, the project was coordinated by the EU & Multilateral Affairs Unit.

This project has been realised with the financial assistance of the European Union